Wood Gasification Biochar as an Effective Biosorbent for the Remediation of Organic Soil Pollutants by Elisabetta Loffredo, Nicola Denora, Danilo Vona, Antonio Gelsomino, Carlo Porfido, Nicola Colatorti

“…High porosity (0.07 cm³ g⁻¹) was demonstrated by the density functional theory (DFT) method, while Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy highlighted the presence of a prominent aromatic structure and the abundance of reactive functional groups responsible for the binding of the compounds. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Attention and Progressive Layering Through a Comprehensive Evaluation of ARU-Net and PLU-Net in Brain Tumour Segmentation by Noman Ahmed Siddiqui, Muhammad Tahir Qadri, Muhammad Ovais Akhter, Tahira Anwar, Fahad Farooq

“…On the other hand, PLU-Net uses a cascaded, multi-stage structure enhanced by attention gates and multi-scale data augmentation where the main emphasis is a progressive boosting of accuracy levels at multiple resolutions to guarantee high boundary accuracy. …”
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From consumers to pioneers: insights from thermal energy communities in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands by Sara Herreras Martínez, Justus Mesman, Daniel Møller Sneum, Lars Holstenkamp, Robert Harmsen, Marijke Menkveld, Sanne Akerboom, André Faaij

“…Data are gathered through a literature review and interviews. …”
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Spatial niche differentiation and key driving factors of dominant benthic macroinvertebrates in Qinhuangdao City, China by Qingqing Qi, Chunhua He, Xu Liu, Fei Wang, Zezhong Zhang, Kai Feng, Hexin Lai

“…This study took the sampling data of Qinhuangdao in 2023 as the basis, and used the dominance model to select dominant taxa. …”
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Novel quinolines carrying pyridine, thienopyridine, isoquinoline, thiazolidine, thiazole and thiophene moieties as potential anticancer agents by Ghorab Mostafa M., Alsaid Mansour S., Al-Dosari Mohammed S., Ragab Fatma A., Al-Mishari Abdullah A., Almoqbil Abdulaziz N.

“…As a part of ongoing studies in developing new anticancer agents, novel 1,2-dihydropyridine 4, thienopyridine 5, isoquinolines 6–20, acrylamide 21, thiazolidine 22, thiazoles 23–29 and thiophenes 33–35 bearing a biologically active quinoline nucleus were synthesized. The structure of newly synthesized compounds was confirmed on the basis of elemental analyses and spectral data. …”
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Deepfake Face Detection and Adversarial Attack Defense Method Based on Multi-Feature Decision Fusion by Shanzhong Lei, Junfang Song, Feiyang Feng, Zhuyang Yan, Aixin Wang

“…Additionally, a Gram image texture feature module was designed and integrated into EfficientNet and the attention maps of WSDAN (Weakly Supervised Data Augmentation Network). This module aims to extract deep-level feature information from the texture structure of image frames, addressing the limitations of purely geometric features. …”
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Inter-state trade within the European Union by Jovanović Mihailo

“…A significant change in the trade structure has been recorded in the period of over two years. …”
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Association between maternal satisfaction and other indicators of quality of care at childbirth: a cross-sectional study based on the WHO standards by Marzia Lazzerini, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Chiara Semenzato, Ilaria Mariani

“…Factors most strongly associated with women’s satisfaction were ‘effective communication, involvement, listening to women’s needs, respectful and timely care’ (OR 16.84, 95% CI 9.90 to 28.61, p<0.001) and ‘physical structure’ (OR 6.51, 95% CI 4.08 to 10.40, p<0.001). …”
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Cloud information system «Redactor.Online» for the create of periodic scientific-educational editions by E. V. Golubev, A. G. Marakhtanov, O. Yu. Nasadkina

“…As a means of implementation chosen freelydistributed products, such as PostgreSQL, PHP, Yii Framework.Logically, the cloud structure of the system is a set of components, based on common data sources and interacting with each other. …”
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MODEL OF DECOMPRESSION MELTING MECHANISM IN CONVECTIVE-UNSTABLE THERMAL LITHOSPHERE (FIRST APPROXIMATION) by B. V. Lunev, V. V. Lapkovsky

“…Logically, both the Rayleigh number and the intensity of convection also double (and this is confirmed by the calculations), which means that convection is enhanced after the melting start.Testing of the model shows that it gives a reasonable picture that is consistent with the available geological and geophysical data on the structure of the lithosphere underneath the currently developing epicontinental sedimentary basins. …”
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THE INCREASE OF MOTIVATION TO SUCCESS OF EMPLOYEES FROM PRODUCTION COLLECTIVES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING by Alina V. Yudina

“…The article shows the general strategy of study, the content and the structure of a training program. The main forms, active methods and exercises of the training have been disclosed. …”
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The impact of concurrency conflicts on optimal location of air ambulance bases in Norway by Jo Røislien, Pieter L. van den Berg, J. Theresia van Essen, Oddvar Uleberg, Caroline Jagtenberg

“…Both greenfield scenarios and simulations conditioned on the existing base structure were explored. Results The 428 municipalities had a median (5–95 percentile) of 10 (2–38) incidents. …”
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Effect Factor of Arsenite and Arsenate Removal by a Manufactured Material: Activated Carbon-Supported Nano-TiO2 by Qian Luo, Gang Li, Meifeng Chen, Fanxin Qin, Haiyan Li, Yu Qiang

“…In addition, material properties were studied including the structure of crystallinity, surface morphology, functional groups, and surface texture by XRD, TEM/SEM, FTIR, and BET methods, respectively. …”
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Assessing stressor exposure, chemsex use, and adjustment disorder in a sample of men who have sex with men by Martin Robinson, Yafit Levin, Rahel Bachem, Nadia Badran, Kostas Papageorgiou, Emanuele Fino

“…Among those who reported exposure to a stressor (n = 376), the factorial structure of the International Adjustment Disorder Questionnaire (IADQ) was assessed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. …”
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Temporal dynamics of soil microbial symbioses in the root zone of wolfberry: deciphering the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on bacterial and fungal ecological networks by Mengyuan He, Mengyuan He, Mengyuan He, Qianqian Wang, Yiming Wang, Junhua Zhang

“…At the same time, the structure of soil bacterial and fungal communities was significantly influenced by tree age. …”
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BMP9 enhances osteogenic differentiation in rheumatoid arthritis: a potential therapeutic approach by Han Zhang, Zixian Dang, Xiangyu Wang, Changyao Wang, Haining Zhang, Yongtao Zhang

“…Furthermore, BMP9 significantly alleviated bone loss, as evidenced by increased bone mineral density and trabecular structure. However, BMP9 treatment did not significantly impact osteoclastogenesis or bone resorption. …”
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A Novel Prediction Model for the Sales Cycle of Second-Hand Houses Based on the Hybrid Kernel Extreme Learning Machine Optimized Using the Improved Crested Porcupine Optimizer by Bo Yu, Deng Yan, Han Wu, Junwu Wang, Siyu Chen

“…The model has the advantages of a simple structure, easy implementation, and fast calculation speed. …”
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Inequalities in local government expenditure on environmental and regulatory services in England from 2009 to 2020: a longitudinal ecological study by Ben Barr, Mark Alan Green, Helen E Clough, Xingna Zhang, Katie Fahy, Iain Edward Buchan, Lauren Murrell, Roger Gibb, Marie Anne Chattaway

“…Models analysed trends by local authority structure, population density and deprivation level.Results ER services saw the largest cuts in unitary authorities, declining by 1.9%. …”
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Uncovering soil compaction: performance of electrical and electromagnetic geophysical methods by A. Carrera, A. Carrera, L. Peruzzo, M. Longo, G. Cassiani, F. Morari

“…<p>Monitoring soil structure is of paramount importance due to its key role in the critical zone as the foundation of terrestrial life. …”
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Etiological and epidemiological features of concomitant acute intestinal infections in children by N. V. Gonchar, I. V. Razd`yakonova, N. V. Skripchenko, S. G. Grigor’ev

“…Student’s criterion was used to estimate the difference of the studied data. Differences were considered significant at p&lt;0.05. …”
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